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French Grammar

4. Numbers

4.1 Cardinal Numbers

  • Introduction

  • 1. Pronouns
  • 1.1 Personal Pronouns

  • 1.2 Genitive

  • 2. Nouns
  • 2.1 Articles

  • 2.2 Plurals

  • 3. Verbs
  • 3.1 Être & Avoir

  • 3.2 Types of Verbs

  • 3.3 Tenses

  • 3.4 Useful Verbal Phrases

  • 4. Numbers
  • 4.1 Cardinal Numbers

  • 4.2 Ordinal Numbers

  • 4.3 Uses of Numbers

  • 5. Prepositions
  • 5.1 Prepositions of Place

  • 6. Adjectives
  • 6.1 Formation of Adjectives

  • 7. Word Order
  • 7.1 Declarative Sentences

  • 7.2 Interrogative Sentences

  • 8. Adverbs
  • 8.1 Formation of Adverbs

  • Introduction

  • 1. Pronouns

  • 1.1 Personal Pronouns

  • 1.2 Genitive

  • 2. Nouns

  • 2.1 Articles

  • 2.2 Plurals

  • 3. Verbs

  • 3.1 Être & Avoir

  • 3.2 Types of Verbs

  • 3.3 Tenses

  • 3.4 Useful Verbal Phrases

  • 4. Numbers

  • 4.1 Cardinal Numbers

  • 4.2 Ordinal Numbers

  • 4.3 Uses of Numbers

  • 5. Prepositions

  • 5.1 Prepositions of Place

  • 6. Adjectives

  • 6.1 Formation of Adjectives

  • 7. Word Order

  • 7.1 Declarative Sentences

  • 7.2 Interrogative Sentences

  • 8. Adverbs

  • 8.1 Formation of Adverbs

Numbers 0-20

0zéro
1un11onze
2deux 12douzee
3trois13treize
4quatre14quatorze
5cinq15quinze
6six16seize
7sept17dix-sept
8huit18dix-huit
9neuf19dix-neuf
10dix20vingt

Numbers 20-99

To say 21, 31, 41, 51, 61 and 71, you need to add the word et:

21 – vingt-et-un

31 – trentre-et-un

41 – quarante-et-un

51 – cinquante-et-un

61 – soixante-et-un

71 – soixante-et-onze

To express any other number than 21, 31, 41 etc. add a hyphen after the tense, and then the number, without et:

25 – vingt-cinq

38 – trente-huit

54 – cinquante-quatre

66 – soixante-six

In French spoken in France, numbers 70-99 don’t have their own words. Notice that 80, quatre-vingts, drops the plural marker “s” when followed by another number: 

70 – soixante-dix (“sixty-ten”)

75 – soixante-quinze (“sixty-fifteen”)

80 – quatre-vingts (“four-twenties”)

85 – quatre-vingt-cinq (“four-twenty-five”

90 – quatre-vingt-dix (“four-twenty-ten”)

95 – quatre-vingt-quinze (“four-twenty-fifteen”)

Numbers 100-999

An “s” is added to cent in the plural except if it is followed by another number. Notice there is no hyphen before or after “cent”:

100 – cent

200 – deux cents

220 – deux cent vingt

225 – deux cent vingt-cinq

300 – trois cents

340 – trois cent quarante

348 – trois cent quarante-huit

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